Back From Break
Cards are now back in the air for another two levels.
Cards are now back in the air for another two levels.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
There's a new chip leader in town and his name is Warwick. Warwick Mirzikinian.
We didn't catch the hand that propelled him into the chip lead, but Mirzikinian and Gabriel Nassif relayed it to us.
Apparently, after a raise and a call, a player reraised to 9,100 from the big blind. Mirzikinian was the only caller.
The flop came down and the player in the big blind put out a bet of 9,100 before Mirzikinian reraised to 22,000. The big blind player jammed all in and Mirzikinian called. Mirzikinian was holding for the flopped nut straight while his opponent held for an over pair.
The turn cam a pairing the board so the player with picked up outs, but he bricked off on the river, allowing Mirzikinian to pick up a huge pot after flopping the nuts. With that, the clear chip leader in the room was established as Warwick Mirzikinian.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Warwick Mirzikinian |
330,000
7,000
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7,000 |
|
After getting 3-bet Fergal Nealon's opponent moved all in preflop. Nealon called and the cards were flipped. Nealon had and his opponent held . Nealon appeared ready to cut out the chips to pay off his opponent, and sure enough the flop came . The turn was the and the river the , and Nealon doubled his opponent up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fergal Nealon |
174,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Orjan Skommo just built one of the biggest stacks in the room, after eliminating last year's Main Event runner-up Jesse James Sylvia.
The Norwegian born Skommo, whose first name actually appears as Ørjan in his native language, and is "unpronounceable in English," claimed the rest of Sylvia's stack in a single hand.
Sylvia opened to 4,000 from early position, and after action folded around to him on the button, Skommo three-bet to 9,800. This bet prompted Sylvia to make a play at the pot, and he moved all in for his last 60,000. Skommo quickly called with his , which put him far ahead of Sylvia's .
The board ran out clean for Skommo, and by busting one of the best players remaining in the field, he emerged as one of the chip leaders early on the second day of play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orjan Skommo |
245,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Jesse Sylvia | Busted |
While flying quietly under the radar for most of the day today and yesterday, Dana Castaneda made herself known in a big way here on Day 2, and that was by getting a monster stack.
We walked by Castaneda's table and she was involved in another big pot. On a board of a player had bet 4,700 in to Castaneda who raised to 20,000. Her opponent was thinking when we got to the table and then he moved all in with a much short stack than Castaneda's. Castaneda called quickly and the hands were turned up.
Castaneda:
Opponent:
The board completed with a on the turn and an on the river giving Castaneda the winning hand and the other player's whole stack. With that hand, she's moved up over 200,000 and looks to be the woman with the most chips in the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dana Castaneda |
230,000
192,400
|
192,400 |
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Matt Salsberg came into the day in the middle of the pack, but after a good first few levels he's near the top. We caught a recent hand from him where he was in a big pot against one other player.
Salsberg had flopped a set of tens on a board of with his and it held up against his opponents . Salsberg had a well covering stack and he picked up his entire opponent's stack of more than 60,000 chips.
With that, Salsberg has breached the 200,000 chip mark and looks to make a deep run here today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Salsberg |
215,000
147,300
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147,300 |
The crew is back to talk about the exciting conclusions of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller and the $25,000 Six Max. They also examine a few crazy hands in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, discuss online poker in New Jersey, and review bracelet wins from Barney Boatman, Marco Johnson, and Jesse Martin.
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A poker tournament presents the thoughtful player with a never ending stream of close decisions, and these difficult choices often require several minutes to sort through. When a player "goes into the tank," the minutes of motionless staring can sometimes prompt people to call the clock, effectively limiting the process to another two minutes tops. Everybody has their own policy when it comes to clocking their opponents, but we seldom hear a player call the clock on themselves.
Danny Fisher found himself in the peculiar position of playing against an opponent who did just that, after Fisher moved all in for his last 36,400 on the turn. The board read by fourth street, and Fisher's stack was broken down in front of him for his opponent's appraisal, while the other player spent more than three minutes calculating his chances.
"Such a sick card on the turn," he said to himself. "It comes six, and it comes spade..."
Fisher engaged in casual conversation during the lengthy tank, offering cryptic pronouncements about the strength of his hand in an attempt to further confuse the agonized opponent.
Eventually, the player asked the dealer to call the clock, forcing himself to make a decision, and with the tournament director beginning to count down, he tossed his cards into the muck.
Fisher smiled when he saw the player fold, and he revealed the while dragging the pot. While he failed to lure his opponent in after making trips on the turn, Fisher managed to hook a big one nonetheless.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Danny Fisher
|
55,700
55,700
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55,700 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400